More money down d tubes?

[ccos]

Will the madness ever stop:confused: :eek: :mad:

Rail Stop at Crusheen Remains a Possibility: Minister Killeen
Press Release 15th February 2008


Crusheen, Clare, 15th February 2008 - Junior Environment and Energy Minister Tony Killeen has said that the development of a rail stop at Crusheen along the route of the Western Rail Corridor should not be discounted.

According to the Clare T.D., Iarnród Éireann has not ruled out the proposal and would consider any evidence to suggest that such a development would be warranted.

In a letter to Minister Killeen, the Chief Executive of Iarnród Éireann outlined, "The reopening of Crusheen Station was not included in the Western Rail Corridor Phase 1 project with the reopening of the Ennis to Athenry line because of the very limited development in Crusheen, as identified in Clare County Council's North Clare Local Area Plan 2005."

According to Minister Killeen, "I have reminded the CEO that detailed additional information has been collated by the local community, with considerable assistance from Clare County Council, regarding the potential future use of the proposed rail stop. This information along with undertakings relating to the provision of adequate car parking facilities at the platform in Crusheen have been submitted to Iarnród Éireann. In light of this new information, I have requested the company to review the potential for the establishment of a rail stop at Crusheen."

The Minister said he had also received confirmation from Iarnród Éireann that it would be keen to work with developers who would fund a station scheme, as is the case at a number of locations elsewhere on the national rail network.

"Recent reports that Iarnród Éireann has categorically ruled out the future opening of a rail stop at Crusheen could not have been further from the truth. The company has expressed its willingness to consider any evidence supporting the establishment of a rail stop at Crusheen, as part of scheduled passenger services between Ennis and Athenry", stated the Minister.

He added that there remained a strong case for the provision of a rail stop in Crusheen.

"Two stops are being provided for between Gort and Athenry and none on the very long stretch of railway between Ennis to Gort. Crusheen is an ideal location for people coming from Ruan, Corofin, Tubber, Boston and elsewhere in North Clare as well as Tulla and other areas of East Clare", concluded Minister Killeen.


Is this likley to happen? how many people live here? and how many are likely to get on a train?

[Thomas J Stamp]

ah this is only toor mcadoo cute hoor-ism.

what's going down is: Local activists have reached a critical level insofar as they are a rump of voters, and undoubtedly include the local priest. Smelling a few votes, the minister simply twists IE's words to make it sound like they'll do something, and if they do, it's because of him. First way to do that, of course, is to say that IE were never going to open the station, which, of course, they never said.

IE, for once are being consistant. If, for example, I really wanted to re-open Lisduff Halt simply because its a mile from my pile, IE would do it, so long as i pay for the station and make an additional contribution by way of infractrure costs. Same here.

Dig a little deeper, you could find that there has been a lot of re-zoning mooted in the area, which is useless unless there is a train station. You could even find that a lot of the activists may be sitting on such land. Of course, I'm cynical, having never, ever, seen this sort of thing happening before.